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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-04-23

Ell VIM be safe TO keep a eye On ro,k Z
all events, was my thought.
Our embarkation and long passage nm
the Brazos were duly accomplished. The
evening before we left the steamer am in
cident happened that was to have an I'M
portant bearing on the fortunes Of the *
petition. / noticed one Of the men sitting
apart from the others, near the bow, look
ing rather pensively over the side at the
turbid stream. He WAS slender, fresh
complexioned young fellow, with q bright,
blue eye, and an almost boyish face. had
noticed him before, and now remembered
that his name was Alfred West. Some
impulse led me to speak to him.
well, Alfred. how are you ieeline?"
he locked up with a quizzical expression,
trying to smile, but hardly able to, ana re-
Piled:
why. Sergeant, to tell the truth-just q
little homesick."
@Pshaw, man; that won't do for SOL
der"
"Of course not; but it's not bad attack.
said just a little, you know"
He was laughing, now, at his own words.
became suddenly interested in him, and,
after little more conversation, I had no
difficulty in getting him to tell me his story.
He was the son of wealthy farmer of
Livingston County. New York. His youth
full fancy had become fred by the news
paper accounts Of the earlier battles of the
Mexican war, and he had run away from
home to enlist. He was too young at the
time, being only sixteen, but his determi-
nation to be soldier had prompted him to
tell falsehood, and declare himself two
years older; and he was accepted. The
hard reality had proved q very different
thing from the bright picture of soldiers
life which he had drawn. Instead of act
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-04-23
I shot him straight through the heart.

wv
for you, ALI West-you traitor!-weu set-
tie with you by-and-by. We want the
money in that ambulance. Stand asidei"
He took step forward. The instant had
come to which I had been painfully but
resolutely looking forward. / shot him
straight through the heart. He threw up
bis arms and fell dead without word.
In less than one minute the mutiny was
ended. The Texan ran back into the group
behind him.
"Throw down your arms, every mani" ]
shouted. Your lives are already forfeited.
Down with your arms!"
A bold front, resolute act, and the in
fuence OF authority carried the day. The
principal mutineers gave up their arms; the
bugler by my direction again sounded the
call, and it was instantly obeyed. Waiting
only long enough to bury the Swede, the
column took the route again. In three
more days We reached the fort, and during
that time there was not another sign of
mutiny. Ny pistol had e1tinguished Il.
rather anticipated that the dozen dis
armed conspirators would desert at one of
the night halts, and was not sorry when
they did. They well knew what punish
ment awaited them, and they preferred the
dangers Of the route back to the Brazos.
Some of them were caught and killed by
Apaches; others were arrested and returned
to the army and to punishment.
Upon my report of all that had occurred
upon this expedition, was not only exon
Grated, but my conduct was highly COM
plimented.
Soon after we reached the fort the men
Of the detachment were drafted into several
regiments and lost sight of them.
Twenty years after these occurrences !
was ordered to report to Captain West, at
Washington, on some duty. It never en-
tered my head that this could be my little
Corporal Alfred, but no sooner had I
entered the Office than tall, fine looking
officer shouted out my name, and grasped
both of NV hands.
Bless me. Sergeant, he cried, shut I'm
glad to see you again Do you remember
that night on the Brazos when poor little
West was homesick, and how you cheered
him up and put heart into him? That was
the turning point OF my career"
I sras little proud then.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-04-23

sx w. HAuazrox

Tesw. to-dsy, curious sight
a sight pondered long
4 mockery to the summers Light
And woodbirds song:
4 withered tree around whose base
An ivy twfned with match1ess grace
I'm TO its top Che tendYils chung
Where sweeay sad . robin sung.
why sfngest thou, o, bird p I said.
trsThy home II bleak and bare;
No branch IL bending DER thy bead:
No shelter therel
10 Duch withsred, lifeless thing?
No bsauty were thy rendrils twine;
No Leaflets touch their lips TO thine
You might not hear the voice heard,
For Il was sad and low
Love learns its language from the bird.
And buds that blow;
= bends It's heart beside the flower
An6 hears 1t dream Of twilight hour;
From vine and leaf. and shadowy tree
II catches gems Of melody.
Thus sang the bird: I'm springs sweet time,
Through many an opening year,
/ sought and found in this far CLINE
A shelter here.
AMI then twas green and all day long
We filled these happy aisles with song;
Ny nest was on this sheltering Dough
I love and cannot leave it now"
And said the vine "One balmy spring
NESTLED meath this tree
When was but tiny thing
It sheltered me
Ere storm struck and in sad decay,
twas my support from day to day;
loved it in its sad decline,
And robed it with these leaves of mine.'
o, constant bird 10 clinging vinei
There's many a breaking heart
That bears in this sweet love Of thine
Its Counterpart
Through want and sorrow, pain and grief,
No shelter given by one green leaf,
Yet clinging, downward to the grave
Would hide the soul it cannot savel
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-04-23

TIE use Of natural gas fuel has led
to the manufacture of mirrors in Pitts
burgh. Up TO this time ell mirrors
manufactured in the United States have
been from imported glass. The quality
Of the glass, to retain the silvering
and give perfect production Of the
object must be Of the best. This quail
ity Pittsburgh has never been able to
produce until natural gas came into
use. Now by It's aid the fiDeness of the
glass produced rivals that of the i'm
ported article. The entire absence Of
impurity, the perfect fusing Of the IN
gradients, the rapidity Of the melting,
and the pure, intense fame for reheat-
ing or working are the principal advan-
taReA
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-04-23

sFELLER spoke disrespectful Of my
sister; said he'd bet she was cross-eyed,
and I sailed in. as your sister cross
eyed2s inquired the reporter. aHain't
got no sister. was the reply. 1T vas
the principle Of the thing what ] got
licked for
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-04-23

Some OF our men are, am very e1sd q
find that the truth hasn't leaked out. The
fact is-"
There was q sudden vhistling in the air,
the Lieutenant fell from his saddle, and
my horse stumbled and rolled dead on the
ground. Struggling to my feet saw q
dozen mounted Apaehes burst from q wood
near by and bear down on me. utterine the
most frightful cries as they came on. /
think that my promptness alone preserved
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-04-23
THE TRAIN-GUARD.
A Story Of Old Army Days.
BY JAMES FRANKLIN FITS.

+ AM Sergeant David Per-
n ~, at your service. For
j fifty years 1 was q soldier
in the army of the United
States, and, as you may
10 imagine, I saw some
ZpJ rather stirring times in
. the wars that our country
- has engaged in during
that long period. Now I
/ rather battered and worse for
ar, and I have two or three old
,unds that need a great deal of
rising. If l were q General or a
lionel I should be on the retired
t; as it is, I have an honorable
'charge, after more than half q
zen enlistments. and n enaiOn
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-05

Established 1855
GRAHAM PAPER CO.,
No. 2l7 North Main street.
News, Book, Card Board, Envelopes, Writing,
Grocers' Wrapping, and Building Paper
Paper Bags, Flour Sacks, etc.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-05
PROSPECTING COMPANIES,

A sensible move reported from
Eastern Washington and Northern
Idaho, is the formation of prospecting
companies, with small capital stock,
devoted to searching for undiscovered
lodes, and opening aud working them.
For this purpose capital OF $4,000
to 5000 is ample. 1t will enable a
company TO acquire claims here and
there, and to put reliable scrub
stakers" in the hills, and the chances
will always be good for excellent re-
turns in true mineral country like
this. An association of this character
must. of course, have the affairs uu-
der the direction of competent min
ing and business man, and, as an ex.
change says, "would afford a much
more economical mode of acquiring
mining property than by purchasing
stock in wildcat companies, stocked
for millions, and many of them des-
tined never to repay dollar"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-05
Eject OF Acid Fumes on Plants.

DR.. Schroeder, in Germany, has
been investigating the influence upon
vegetation OF the acid fumes which
are present in smoke-laden atmos.
phere. He finds that one part OF sui
phurous acid in $4,000 Of air is cap
able of occasioning damage to plants
in short time. They are less sensi-
tive to hydrochloric acid. Coniferous
trees are most sensitive to sulphurous
acid, then deciduous trees, while ord
nary field plants resist Ion gest. Oaks,
planes, elms. poplars and mountain
ashes resist better than birches and
beeches. Fruit trees are very sensi-
tive; plums and sherries more SO than
pears and apples.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-05
Good Results In Every Case.

D. A. Bradford, wholesale paper dealer
of Chattanooga, Tenn, writes that he
was seriously afflicted with severe cold
that settled on his lungs; had tried many
remedies without benefit. Being induced
to try DR.. Kings New Discovery for
consumption, he was entirely cured by
Use of a few bottles. Since which time
he has used it for all coughs and colds In
his family with best results. This is the
experience of thousands whose lives have
been saved by this wonderful discovery.
Trial bottles free at j. A. Rupert's drug
tore.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-05

WIRE ROPE.
A LEscHEN 4 Sons ROPE Co.,
Manufacturers of all kinds of Steel and Iron Wire
Rope. Office 1903 and 900 North Main ST.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-05

Energy will do almost anything, but
1t cannot exist if the blood is impure
and moves sluggishly in the veins
There is nothing so good for cleans
ing the blood and imparting energy
to the system as Ayers Sarsaparilla.
Price, 81. Six bottles, IS. Sold by
druggists.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-05

All the Manufacturers and Her.
chants included in this Directory
urge intending buyers to compare
prices ruling East and Vest, as
there aciH be a marked difference IN
facor Of st. Louis on Many Lines OF
Goods.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-05

scHAEFFER BROS. POWELL,
Nos 325 and S27 North Second street,
Manufacturers of Star Stearic Acid, Mining. and
Railroad Candles. Soaps, Refined Lard, and
oils We guarantee all cur goods equal in
qualit to any made in the United States.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-05

WINS VEGETABLE BOILER COMPOUND.
II removes scales in boilers and prevents
their formation. ID. h. BOOGHER President
VIM Boiler Compound Co, Nos los and los
Olive street
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-05

PH1L1BERT / JoHANNING MANUFACTURING
COMPANY - Established 1881
Manufacturers of Sash, Doors Blinds Frnras
Glazed Windows, Mouldings. Star Railing
Balusters, Newell Posts, Lumber Lsth sni
Shingles. Office and factory 1852 Market ST.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-05

MILBURN MANUFACTURING co.
Builders of Spring Wagons, Carrisees, Bupgi.s
and Omnibuses Factory, corner Seventh
street and Cass avenue
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-05

CURTIS MANUFACTURING co.
Engines, Boilers, Sawmills Circular Saws
Planning, shingle and Heading NDhinery
Send for catalogue.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-05

THE DEANE STEAM PUMP CO.,
Manufacturers of Steam Pumping Machinery of
every variety. Holyoke, Mass, and No. els
North Main strest.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-05

F. II. LoGEMAN CHAIR MANUFACTURING
COMPANY.
manufacturers of Cane Wood and Reed Chairs
MAIL orders receive prompt attention send
fer new Catalogue.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-05
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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-05

MOUND CITY TENT AND AWNING CO.,
VIM. ROWE, Proprietor,
Manufacturer of and dealer in Awnings. Tents,
Wagon Covers, Ore Sacks, etc Nos 200 and
202 North Commercial street
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-09
Later from Oregon.
The Amendment Submitted -Prohi.
bitlonasts Fear of Treqchery
at tho polb.

SALEM, ORE, Jan. 81. Especial
Dispatch The Amendment reso-
luton has passed both Houses, only
three Democrats and three Repub-
licans voting against it. Enthu.
siastic ratification meetings are be-
ing held Throughout the State. The
question as to whether the
Amendment will be voted on at a
special election or at the next gen.
eral election is not settled. The
Portland Oregonian says that Joe
Simon will swing the Republican
party to the liquor interest and
beat the Amendment at the polls.
Prohibitionists are hopeful, but
tear the result because of the exist
ing league between the Repu blican
State Committee and the liquor
dealers.-The Voice.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-09

The following item from the
Union Signal shows that step has
been taken in the right direction :
"The pay-car of the Baltimore
& Ohio road, last week, brought
$4,000 to Newark, Ohio. Accom-
panying the paymaster was man
who gave the total abstinence
pledge to every employee as the
condition of being retained in the
employ of that road. The late ter
rible accident, said to be due to
drinking by an employee, probably
accounts for this action"
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-09
Shafer's Asthmatic Match.

Shafer's Asthmatic Match will relieve
and cure Asthma, Catarrh, Bronchitis and
Whooping Cough.
When DR.. Shafer was himself almost dead
Bron chitis and Catarrh, he at length dis
covered remedy which has done for him
wonders, having had but one attack in 10
months whereas he formerly had one and
two every month
Others who have used hi. remedy testify
of its value. He is now manufacturing The
medicines and offers them to the sufferers
from these diseases.
Send 81 90 by register or postal order 10 DIR.
w. +. Sbafer, Box 9l2, Parkersburg, w. Va,
and get 70 boxes of this valuable remedy by
express,as matches are not admitted through
the mail Please send name of your neaiest
express office.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-09
No Compromise.

The following from the Wells
burg Herald, has the true ring:
"There is nothing to be gained
to the Prohibition cause, by Prohi-
bitionists in the Legislature COM
promising with the anti submits
sionists. Better be defeated on the
plain simple issue as presented
by the petitioners, than succeed
with any conditions appended.
Defeat at the worst, will be only
temporary; in the meanwhile Pro-
hibition is going on in the minds
of the people all the same. No
let up at this stage Of the bust
ness.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-09
A $50, 900 Temperance Hall.
The Magnificent Building that aoiN
be Erected IN Ne,U Rochelle, ". Y,

New ROCHELLE, N. Y, Jan o.
On Dec. % last, the New Rochelle
Temperance Hall Building AS
ISOLATION was incorporated. It's
object is to put up one of the finest
public buildings in the country,
the capitol stock being $4,000
divided into shares of $40 each.
One of the best corner lots Corner
OF Locust avenue and Main street,
has been obtained. 1t is expected
that the building will be complet-
ed in about year. Besides large
hall, it will contain a smaller hall
as a meeting room for the Reform
Club and W. c. 7. U. There will
also be a free coffee room on the
ground floor, and three or four
rooms for business purposes. All
but the rum-sellers look on the en-
terprise with favor.-The Voice.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-09

fight against temperance.
So stands this glorious cause in
this State. 1t is firmly grounded
In the hearts of the people, and is
here to stay. M.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

The effect of the strict enforcement of the
Sunday law in New York city on the num-
Der of arrests for drunkenness has been APP
parently nothing. A year ago on the first
three Sundays in May, when the law was a
dead letter, there were 1876 arrests for this
cause, and on the corresponding Sundays of
this year there were 200. This may show
that closing up the saloons ON Sunday does
not decrease drunkenness, but it also shows
that it is not necessary to keep them open to
prevent topers from suffering. There are
other reasons and good ones for shutting up
rumshops on Sunday besides the reduction Of
Whiskey drinking,
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

In drafting the Brooks high license bill
which has now become law in Pennsylya.
mia, remarkable blunder was made. As
the law now reads, it is said that man can.
not give his guest glass of wine in his own
house after discussing the solids of dinner
without becoming liable to fine of $500 and
Imprisonment for ninety days. This was
undoubtedly an oversight Even in Maine,
where we have about the strictest prohibito-
ry law that can be devised, nothing of this
sort has ever been attempted. Much less
would such a thing be thought of in State
like Pennsylvania, where the people are
barely educated up to high license stand
ard
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

else, which undoubtedly he has There
seems to be an uncalled for amount OF fuss
over the case. Both the divisionists and
the anti-divisionists maintained lobby and
attempted to carry their point by corruption.
They were both exposed, and the corrupt in
fluence has been eliminated. The bill is
therefore in position to be disposed of on
its mRritS.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Mrs. Siddons. By Maria A. Kennard. Il
is worthy of being treasured up in our hearts
that Miss Mary Anderson, the American act
ress, whenever she is in London, goes up, OF
Sunday afternoons with parties of her coun
trymen, to Paddington Churchyard, to lay
fresh flowers on the grave of Sarah Siddons.
In casting the eye over the whole range OF
players, ancient and modern, we search in
vain for any one to liken to the subject Of
this sketch. We say sketch, for no single
volume of this dimension can contain all the
life of Mrs. Siddons. Her full life would be
the life of Goldsmith, Garrick, DR.. johnson,
all the nobility of the day, and the wits and
bloods of the latter half of the 18th century.
Upon her mothers side she was Irish, and
she sprang from the loins of the great KEN
BILE family of actors, unequalled in their day
and generation.
She followed the tone of the delightful
sfAarklins ara.aAa- ef oongrrvr, which cannot
now be put upon tho boards, and her own
day was looseish shall We say, but, in an age
careless of female virtue and when the act.
tress was possibly even fairer game than
now, Mrs. Siddons has never had one breath
OF suspicion TO sully the purity OIL her char
acter. Indeed, contemporary history shows
her to have been like C@sar's wife, above
suspicion.
But. the reader says: We don't care partic.
ularly about her moral qualities; what sort
of actress was she? To which we reply
You will probably never look upon her like.
We do not underrate the glamour of tradition
ox,1 4l,n n4f1n 6 -.
chantment to the view," but'(always making
few honorable exceptions) we doubt if our
actresses of to-day are up to the high, pure
standard of the Siddons, or that nature and
art combine to make them her equal.
This book will commend itself to every
lover of the drama. We wish that copy of
one Of the portraits of the great actress might
have embellished the work. Boston: Rob-
erts Brothers; Portland: Loring, Short &
Harmony
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

The monopoly which Henry George says
Mr.. Blaine represents is the monopoly of
American markets by American farmers
and mechanics. The workingmen are not
afraid of that kind of monopoly. Mr.. George
is free trader the great majority of the
tectionists.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

The American Irishmen think of boycott
ing the Cunard Steamship Company because
of the unciyil way officers of that company
treated Mr.. 0'Brien when he was about to
disembark in New York harbor. 1t will be
much more effective to let the Irishmen on
the other side do the boycotting. The tide
Of travel is from Ireland not to it.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

The cloture, adopted only for the use Of
Parliament in grave and extraordinary cases,
and regarded as dangerous innovation on
the practices of Parliament, is now called
into requisition by the Tories nearly every
day. Under the degenerating influence of
Salisbury. the medicine of the British Con-
stitution is fast becoming its daily bread.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

Mr.. O'Brien evidently found the storm
centre at Toronto. When he got to Ottawa
everything was calm and he spoke with
out trouble and with very little dissent
from bis audience. Mr.. O'Brien has reason
to congratulate himself over his reception at
Toronto. 1t was an immense boon" for
him, and when he gets nome he isisure Of be-
ing lionized by his people, and of beingimore
influential than he ever was before. For po-
litical effect he could certainly have planned
nothing betterhimself than the reception he
got from the Orangemen.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

There are signs that Virginia is contem-
plating the saddling of part of her debt on to
the United States. The English bondhold-
ers now that they have been unable to get a
settlement will put their claims into the
hands of the British government which will
make representations to our government
This of course will bring the matter before
Congress and then Virginia will plead that
the general government ought to help her
out
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

Fifty Years Queen. By Catherine Hodg-
es. This is jubilee edition of a history of
the reign of Queen Victoria, and will be of
special interest at this time, when this puts
SAINT monarch is rounding out her half Gen.
fury of rule over the most splendid empire
upon the face of the globe. We would be
glad to wish her happier prospect than her
Irish affairs and the Russian encroachments
upon her Indian possessions portend; but
we will all read with interest the account of
her remarkable reign, which cannot be made
so much history of her as it is of her peo-
pie for the last fifty years.
The author, naturally enough, goes good
deal into the domestic and sentimental life of
the Queen, and we are glad to say that sheis
by no means SO tiresome as her majesty. her
self, when she essays the same task. The
book is well written with plenty of anecdote
and will be of interest to general readers.
New York and Chicago: Bedford, Clarke d
Co.; Portland: Loring, Short & Harmony
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

When Lansdowne returns to Ottawa he is
to be met by grand reception, feature of
which, the despatchesIsay, will be a turn
ont of two thousand children" It Is not TO
be understood, however, that these children
are to be turned.out of their homes. Such a
thing would be done for Lansdowne only in
Ireland